BRAVO to the ACS

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A major measure of success as a politician in the US and in many other democracies is how much money you can move from the public coffers to your constituancies and the special interest groups that support you.

I'm also doubt that doctors are seen by their patients / the general public as being successful for not doing anything, even though their peers might applaud appropriate restraint based on careful weighing of risks vs. benefits. How many physicians still, for example, prescribe antibiotics to patients who present with a viral upper respitory infection, so that the patient's (i.e. the doctor's customer) will be satisfied that they are receiving the appropriate treatment?



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The "objective" is to be seen to be succeeding as president/politician. In a capitalist country, I guess you could say that succes is measured by financial worth most of the time (certainly is for most things), but I think that, when you become the president of the USA, you probably are aiming for something even above money!



Now, one cannot get re-elected or prove success with the following concept: "I decided to leave the system capitalist, as it has always been - and I have succeeded, so vote for me or my party next time". No one gets credit in politics for succeeding by doing nothing. This might work well for doctors, but it's a failure for politicians!



A politician begins with the following objective: "I will decide to change something; I will decide what I will change it to; I will then promise to do that; I will then get elected on that promise; I will then make that change; I will then point how successfully I made this change when it comes to being re-elected. If I fail, then I have lost nothing compared to if I had not tried anything. But, if I succeed, then I'm GREAT! My party, which was elected by a majority to do this and has succeeded will likely remain electable. History will judge whether I have succeeded in something which was worthwhile, like uniting the North & South in the USA, or not worthwhile - examples here I will leave to y'all. But by the time history makes the judgement I'll be an ex-president who's either very wealthy or dead (or both)...


      

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